A recent report according to which the fourth core on some AMD Phenom II X3 processors can be enabled on certain motherboards through some minor BIOS tweaks has been making the rounds on the Internet. Apparently, said report has led to an increased demand for AMD's latest 45nm-based triple core processors, as users are confident that it is real and that they will be able to take advantage of a quad-core processor at the price point of a triple-core CPU.
According to a news-article on Digitimes, citing sources at the board maker, the consumer demand for AMD's triple-core Phenom II CPUs has escalated, following reports that these triple-core Phenoms can be tweaked to work with all of their cores. Computer users are apparently confident that these reports are real, which is why they are placing their orders for a new triple-core AMD Phenom II CPU, hoping that they will also be able to tweak the processor so that it work with all of its cores.
Sunnyvale, California-based AMD has said that, according to Digitimes, its Phenom II X3 CPUs speak for themselves in terms of value. However, the chip maker has kept silent on the recently reported claims of users having the possibility to enable the fourth core on the CPU, under certain circumstances.
These reports first surfaced on Playwares, where a Phenom II X3 710 processors, installed on a Biostar TA790GX 128M motherboard, was tweaked through the change of a BIOS setting, which enabled the fourth core of the CPU. In turn, this process enabled CPU-Z to detect the new CPU under the brand name of “Phenom II X4 10.”
Despite these reports, this feature, which is available with only some motherboard models, isn't to be considered without risks, especially since AMD hasn't yet delivered any official statements on the matter.
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